The UK High Court will on February 13 commence hearings in the case between Shell and the Ogale and Bille communities in ...

In 2020, strict rules were put in place to slash cargo-ship emissions. Five years on, it appears to have been less than ...

The Court of Appeal heard the Shell Nigeria oil spill appeal on 8 October 2024. On 11 October 2024, the Court of Appeal ruled ...

Rapid population growth and industrialization in major cities lead to waste management challenges and environmental hazards.

A dramatic reduction in sulfur pollution from shipping has unintentionally contributed to recent global warming, offering a ...

University of Maryland researchers just concluded that hydraulic fracturing – the process of shaking oil and gas free from below – could endanger the health of nearby residents by ...

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

South Asian nations must assume leadership positions in shaping their own climate resilience initiatives and policies.

A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have provided a key fertilizer to these marine ecosystems. Oceanographers now ...

Without concerted action, pollution threatens to leave the Drin River and its main tributaries “lifeless”, environmentalists ...

South Africa’s failing wastewater treatment plants are leading the country to an ecological disaster, with spillages ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...